Infosys attempts to calm employees following murder at its Pune campus

Infosys, which has been facing employee backlash for allowing Raju to work alone in the office on a weekend, has been attempting to calm its workforce.Neha Alawadhi&Jochelle Mendonca | ET Bureau | February 04, 2017, 14:40 IST

NEW DELHI/BENGALURU: Infosys said it would reexamine its employee deployment rosters, and bring in an expert external consultant to review its security measures, after one of its employees was murdered by a security guard in its Pune office.

In an email to Infosys employees, Chief Operating Officer UB Pravin Rao said the company received over 9000 suggestions from employees regarding its safety procedures.

Infosys, which has been facing employee backlash for allowing Raju to work alone in the office on a weekend, has been attempting to calm its workforce.

“We understand that many of you are shaken by the incident and now feel like you have to be on guard even within our campuses. I want to assure each of you that our campuses will continue to be safe and that we have and always will focus on employee safety at our DCs,” Rao said in the email.

Rao outlined four steps the company would be taking.

“A relook at rosters, especially where single team members are required. For unavoidable situations, we are putting in place additional security measures,” Rao said. He added that the company would extend its work from home facility, including laptops, to situations where working from home was feasible.

Infosys will also review its security procedures with the help of an expert external consultant and increase the deployment of alarm buttons in buildings as well as rapid response teams.

The moves come after 25-year Rasila Raju was found murdered at her workstation in Infosys’ Pune campus on Sunday. One of the security guards at the company’s office has been arrested.

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